title: Cutaneous abscesses due to systemic nocardiosis--a case report.
abstract: We report a patient with systemic nocardiosis who developed cutaneous abscesses following haematogenous spread from a primary infection in the lung. This case is unusual; first in that the organism assumed a granular form on histological section, and secondly that the patient was not immunocompromised, emphasizing the need to consider nocardiosis in any patient with pleuropulmonary infection and cutaneous abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Curley
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Holden
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology